David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agohey remember the LAUSD school district's AI bot Ed, that crashed and burned earlier this year? anyway the CEO of the vendor has just been charged with fraudplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squarehey remember the LAUSD school district's AI bot Ed, that crashed and burned earlier this year? anyway the CEO of the vendor has just been charged with fraudplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agoPumping the AI bubble: a data center funding craze with ‘novel types of debt structures’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPumping the AI bubble: a data center funding craze with ‘novel types of debt structures’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days agoHarperCollins offers $2,500 to feed a book to AI, some authors still not keenplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkHarperCollins offers $2,500 to feed a book to AI, some authors still not keenplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 days agoCoca-Cola’s new AI-generated Christmas ad is as bad as you’d expectplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCoca-Cola’s new AI-generated Christmas ad is as bad as you’d expectplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days agoSubstack readers may be paying for AI-generated newsletters, Medium full of slop tooplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSubstack readers may be paying for AI-generated newsletters, Medium full of slop tooplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agoI Attended Google's Creator Conversation Event, And It Turned Into A Funeralplus-squarewww.giantfreakinrobot.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkI Attended Google's Creator Conversation Event, And It Turned Into A Funeralplus-squarewww.giantfreakinrobot.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agoAI and venture capital are going nuclearplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAI and venture capital are going nuclearplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agoEd Zitron yelling abuse at CEOs for twenty-three minuteswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEd Zitron yelling abuse at CEOs for twenty-three minuteswww.youtube.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agoOpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any furtherplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI, Google, Anthropic admit they can’t scale up their chatbots any furtherplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 days agoProQuest is quietly trying to license academic books to feed an AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkProQuest is quietly trying to license academic books to feed an AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agoUK Home Office speeds up visa and refugee processing with Copilot AI reject-a-botplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUK Home Office speeds up visa and refugee processing with Copilot AI reject-a-botplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agoRaw Story, Alternet copyright suit against OpenAI dismissed for failure to show harmplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRaw Story, Alternet copyright suit against OpenAI dismissed for failure to show harmplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 12 days agoMicrosoft adds AI to Notepad — yes, Notepad. And Paint.plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft adds AI to Notepad — yes, Notepad. And Paint.plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 14 days agoTony Blair Institute reports on AI in the labor market — using numbers they made up with GPT-4. Again.plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTony Blair Institute reports on AI in the labor market — using numbers they made up with GPT-4. Again.plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 15 days agoNobody wants Copilot Pro AI for Office 365 — so Microsoft will force-bundle it and raise the priceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNobody wants Copilot Pro AI for Office 365 — so Microsoft will force-bundle it and raise the priceplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 15 days agoWhat the Trump win means for AI: surprisingly littleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhat the Trump win means for AI: surprisingly littleplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 16 days agoUK government chatbot goes into beta — with only a few bizarre hallucinationsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUK government chatbot goes into beta — with only a few bizarre hallucinationsplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agoSilicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fineplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSilicon Valley and Wall Street invent collateralized GPU obligations. Surely this will work out fineplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agoPivot to AI? Get in loser, we’re going quantumplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkPivot to AI? Get in loser, we’re going quantumplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 18 days agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 20 days agoSEO spammer behind AI-faked Dublin Halloween parade talks to Wiredplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSEO spammer behind AI-faked Dublin Halloween parade talks to Wiredplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square0fedilink
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemstoFediverse@lemmy.world•The dilema of charging the users and a solution by integrating blockchain to fediverselinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 months agoNostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice, linkfedilink
minus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemstoFuck AI@lemmy.world•NaNoWriMo gets AI sponsor, says not writing your novel with AI is ‘classist and ableist’linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNo Novel November linkfedilink
Nostr also has the excellent cost-control mechanism of first requiring users to set up a cryptographic key pair - you can smell the freedom from here! - and second of being full of coiner spam. This keeps server usage to a minimum in practice,